FADE OUT
by Woolf, Douglas
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. Black Sparrow Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 273, (5) pages. Reprint of 1959 first edition. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text.
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STRANGE THING ABOUT LIFE.|THE
by Woolf, Virginia
N.P.: n.p., n.d.. Clinker Press. broadside (3 by 8 3/4 inches). Small broadside with quotation from Virginia Woolf.
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COMMON READER: SECOND SERIES.|THE
by Woolf, Virginia
London, United Kingdom: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1932. cloth, dust jacket. Hogarth Press, The. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 270 pages. Limited to 3,200 copies printed. Green cloth lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. Soiled dust jacket chipped along edges, with a tape repair along the head of the spine. Head and tail of the cloth spine are lightly soiled. Loosely inserted are two pieces of ephemera: one for The... Read More
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PRACTICE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE LAW COURTS OF THE STA TE OF DELAWARE
by Woolley, Victor B.
Wilmington: The Star Printing Company, 1907. later library buckram. 8vo. later library buckram. xi, 656; vii,6 57-1164, cxiv pages. Two volumes. B1-2731. Woolley was a New Castle County lawyer. Exlibrary with markings of the State Library of Massachusetts. Covers rubbed, else a near fine set.
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SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Samurai Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. Annotated bibliography of this 20th century British publisher founded by Maurice Browne with others. Each booklet has the title page illustrated. Page opposite half-title has a printed limitation statement reading "One of 26 copies for members of the Old Book Table." It is completed in hand with the letter "S" and is signed by Geoffrey Steele and the... Read More
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MALCOLM LOWRY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, Pa: Woolmer Brotherson Ltd, 1983. cloth, dust jacket. Lowry, Malcolm. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 183 pages. This is the first descriptive bibliography of the works of Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano, one of the masterpieces of 20th-century literature. Volcano has gone into more than 40 printings in its various English language editions, as well as having been translated into 19 other languages. Under the Volcano was the centerpiece of a work in progress to be... Read More
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POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA and Winchester, England: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. cloth, dust jacket. Poetry Bookshop. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages. With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. Founded in 1912 in London by Harold Munro, the Poetry Bookshop was one of the most important of these smaller houses, publishing books by Robert Graves, Richard Aldington, Ford Madox Hueffer, F. S. Flint, Eleanor Farjeon and others as well as the popular and important series of anthologies, Georgian... Read More
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SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Samurai Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was... Read More
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SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Samurai Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was... Read More
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SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Samurai Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. Annotated bibliography of this 20th century British publisher founded by Maurice Browne with others. Each booklet has the title page illustrated. Presentation from the author on free endpaper.
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MALCOLM LOWRY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, Pa: Woolmer Brotherson Ltd, 1983. cloth, dust jacket. Lowry, Malcolm. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 183 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. This is the first descriptive bibliography of the works of Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano, one of the masterpieces of 20th-century literature. Volcano has gone into more than 40 printings in its various English language editions, as well as having been translated into 19 other languages. Under the Volcano was... Read More
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CHECKLIST OF THE HOGARTH PRESS, 1917-1938.|A
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Andes: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1976. cloth, dust jacket. Hogarth Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 177 pages. With a Short History of the Press by Mary E. Gaither. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Much on Virginia and Leonard Woolf. With four page addenda loosely inserted.
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POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
by Woolmer, J. Howard
Revere, PA and Winchester, England: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. cloth, dust jacket. Poetry Bookshop. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages. With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. This publishing venture was founded by Harold Monro in 1912 in London and continued in business until 1935. Contains a bibliography of the books, rhyme sheets, broadsides, Christmas cards, periodicals etc issued by the press. Well illustrated. Spine of jacket slightly faded.
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE KEEPING OF NEGROES, 1754 [with] CONSIDERATIONS ON THE KEEPING OF NEGROES, 1762
by Woolman, John
(Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1975. quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards, deckled edges. Gehenna Press. small 8vo. quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards, deckled edges. 84, (12) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Leonard Baskin (Gehenna Press no.78). Spine with a hint of fading, else a fine copy. These two essays on slavery were published as the Gehenna Tracts 2 to honor the bicentennial of John Woolman's death... Read More
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CURRENT PUBLISHING SCENE: INCLUDING PUBLISHERS' VIEWS OF TRENDS FOR 1952.|THE
by Woon, Basil
New York: Exposition Press, 1952. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 76 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher on the front pastedown.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF WESTERN TEXAS; DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE INCLUDING AN INDIAN CAMPAIGN, 1852-55 INTERSPERSED WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES BY TWO OF THE U.S. MOUNTED RIFLES
by Wooster, Robert (Editor)
Austin: Book Club of Texas, The, 1995. Orig. gray cloth covered boards, printed spine paper label. Book Club of Texas. 8vo. Orig. gray cloth covered boards, printed spine paper label. 109 pages. One of 300 unnumbered copies. Spine faded, else fine. Illustrated with Wood Engravings from William H. Emory's Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Facsimile of the original title-page and Map of antebellum southwestern Texas, circa 1861. The type is Monotype Walbaum, the paper is... Read More
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POEMS
by Wootten, Rev. John W.
N.P.: n.p., 1962. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 108 pages. Wootten was born in Gumboro, Delaware and minister in New Castle from 1946-1949. Prolog (sic) by The Rev. Milton H. Keene. Signed by the author. Foxed.
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YES DO SEND ME A BOOK FOR MY BIRTHDAY
by Wordsworth, Dorothy
n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, 2023. broadside. Clinker Press. 4to. broadside. Single broadside illustrated and privately printed by Andre Chaves. Features a quote by Dorothy Wordsworth.
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MAN NOW PRESIDES IN POWER
by Wordsworth, William
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, n.d.. broadside. Clinker Press. 4to. broadside. Broadside with a quotation by William Wordsworth. With a decorative illustration. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves in three colors.
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OUR GOAL THIS BIENNIUM 50,000 SUBSCRIPTIONS
by Lutheran Woman's Work
Philadelphia, PA: Lutheran Woman's Work, n.d.. Book Selling. broadside (6 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches). Subscription form for the Lutheran Woman's Work. Published by the denomination's Missionary Society in Philadelphia. Lightly tanned. Folded.
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ENGLISH DRAWINGS OF THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES
by Wormald, Francis
New York, NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1953. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 83+(1) pages, plates. First U.S. edition. Exlibrary with markings. Light rubbing, else a near fine copy. Preface, table of contents, introduction, index. Commentary with a catalogue. Color frontispiece. Forty black and white plates follow text.
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BENEDICTIONAL OF ST. ETHELWOLD.|THE
by Wormald, Francis
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. cloth. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. cloth. 32 pages. First edition. Dust jacket torn and soiled, else very good.A survey of the revival of Benedictine monasticism in the second half of the tenth century, which was one of the greatest periods of English medieval art. A Benedictional is a book made for a bishop's own use which contains a series of solemn blessings to be said over the congregation during mass. The Benedictional of St. Ethelwold... Read More
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SAINT.|A
by Wormeley, K. Prescott
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Original paper-covered boards with pictorial design in black and red on front panel, black lettering on spine, all edges gilt. 8vo. Original paper-covered boards with pictorial design in black and red on front panel, black lettering on spine, all edges gilt. 82 pages. Translated from Paul Bourget's "Pastels of Men" First separate edition in English. Minor soiling to wrappers, else a near fine copy. Frontspiece. List of illustrations are on the frontspiece. A novelette set... Read More
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EINFUHRUNG IN DIE BUCHHANDLERISCHE BUCHFUHRUNG
by Worm, Erwin
Leipzig: Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1950. paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 111 pages. Part of the serieis Lehrhefte des Deutschen Buchhandels. An introduction to bookkeeping for booksellers. Yellowed.
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HANS HOLBEIN AND THE MEIER MADONNA
by Wornum, Ralph N.
(London): Arundel Society, 1871. original paper wrappers. Holbein, Hans. small 4to. original paper wrappers. 38 pages. An essay commissioned by the Arundel Society prior to the publication of the society's chromolithograph of the version belonging to the Princess Carl of Hesse-Damstadt, rather than the better known version at Dresden. With two full-page illustrations. Wrappers a trifle dusty.
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